The race to regulate AI: 2024 unpacked
2023 was a breakout year for AI in the commercial and consumer worlds. This has created huge momentum for further growth in investment, development and…
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Bugcrowd sees surge in vulnerability submissions, led by public sector
Multi-solution crowdsourced cyber security platform Bugcrowd says it saw growing acceptance and adoption of crowdsourced security strategies among mainstream end-user organisations in 2023, as ethical…
Cisco updates AppDynamics with Smart Agents to tackle sprawl
Cisco has developed technology to help developers manage the software agents they use to monitor applications and IT infrastructure. Smart Agent for Cisco AppDynamics provides…
IT Sustainability Think Tank: Why 2024 should be less about predicting and more about acting
The year 2023 was another one characterised by uncertainty. Once again, global instability has muddied the waters, making coming up with reliable predictions almost impossible.…
Cloud is not always the answer: Five reasons why
For a growing number of organisations, the default option for new IT projects is the cloud and cloud storage, with even the more cautious businesses…
Committee chair asks minister to back ‘Mr Bates clause’ in Post Office compensation legislation
The chair of the department of business and trade select committee has called on the government to consider enshrining deadlines on payments to subpostmasters into…
Salesforce’s bug bounty programme paid out $3m in 2023
Salesforce’s long-running bug bounty programme continues to pay dividends to both the organisation’s customers and its growing network of ethical hackers, as the software giant…
AI will heighten global ransomware threat, says NCSC
Artificial intelligence (AI) will be leveraged to increase the volume and impact of cyber attacks involving ransomware between now and 2026, the UK’s National Cyber…
Uptime Institute predicts 2024 will see datacentre operators start row back on net-zero commitments
The Uptime Institute has predicted that 2024 will see many organisations forced to backtrack on their publicly stated net-zero goals, as their sustainability efforts struggle…
WebKit vulnerability sparks Apple’s first major security update of 2024
Apple has rolled out a series of patches for multiple vulnerabilities across its ecosystem, among them a critical zero-day discovered in the open source WebKit…
Southern Water confirms cyber attack after Black Basta claims
UK utility Southern Water, which serves customers in East Sussex, Hampshire, the Isle of Wight, Kent and West Sussex, has confirmed it is probing a…
IR35: Contractors call for off-payroll rules to be scrapped in Spring Budget 2024
IT contractors are among the freelance workers calling on the government to consider scrapping the controversial IR35 off-payroll working rules in the March 2024 Spring…